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SHINGLB. I APPLICATION FILED JUN 6, 1908.

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UNITED sTArEs PATENT oEEieE.

FEED LATUIQIP, F svEAcUsE, NEW YORK.

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To all whom 'it may concern;

'Be it known that I, FRED L'rULIP, al citizen 'of the United States, and resident ol Syracuse, inthe countyof Onondaga, in the vState of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Shingles, of which the following, taken in connection with the accom anying drawings, is a full, clear, and

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The object of-this invention is to provide .a shingle or tile which shall be attachable to a roof or wall without the use of nails or other attaching devices formed separate from the shingle.- And a further object` isto' 4el'ectually prevent leakage through a roof covered wit shingles of thecharactcr aforesaid. And to that end lthe invention consists 'in the novel construction of the shingle hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, which 'form part of this application, Figure 1 is an edge view of a ortion of a roof covered with my improved s ingles; Fig. 2 is a front view of the same; and', thel line .--X-X-.

-A.- represents the rafter of a roof. -B-.B- are the purlins' attached to the top of the rafter.

said shingle may be formed from any suitable material,A preferably from clay or mineral compound molded in a'plastic condition into Each of the shingles as its bac formed wtha hookaextending across the u perl end of the shingle. hook, the shingle is the attachment of-,said end of the shingle is readily eected. Inasmuch as the said hook is integral with-the shingle it affords la secure hold to the aforesaid attachment thereof and dispenses with the usual nails or other se arately constructed devices used for said purposes. The Aupper edge of the Ipurlin -'-B- is preferably beve ed as shown at -b--simi ar to the bevel of the engaging portion' ofthe hook a-. The .lower end of the shingle` is formed with a similarly,

shaped locking hook -cextending across the backlof the .shingle in proximity to the -said end thereof which is beveled downwardly as. shown at zZ- Said locking hookis employed to fasten the lower end of the shingle to the underlying similarly formed 'shingle as hereinafter described. IV

preferably provide the shingle with addiy I' Y Specification'ofilllettersPatent. Application filed `June, 1908.? Serial Nc. 437,187. 1

Figa?, is a cross-section on' C- denotes my improved shingle. The

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tional support consisting of va. transverse shoulder -o'-- formed on the back of the shingle between the hooks cicml and resting on the upper edge oftheunderlylng shingle. 1

Thefrc'mtol"l the shingle 'has its up er end portion forn'ied with -a seat -.-e-` For the Voverlapping end ofthe` overlying shingle.

In thesseat-e- 1s an undercut transverse groove -j`-` which isshaped to receive the locking `hook fc-e of the overlying shingle and fasten the lower end of said shingle to the underlying shingle, said groove f being formed fin the same end of the shingle as the hook al and parallel thereto. of the rib or hook a materially!-strengthens, therefore, the upper end of th'efshingle, preventing tcndency of the samel to split length` wise. The top of the shingle at the end oppositethe seat e is formed with a depressed surface -g-f extending across the' shingle and toward the lower end `thereof to promote the downward flow of water from the end of the overlying shingle to the lower end portion of the .underlying shingle. Tomaintain theflow of water on the main portion of theshingle, the front of said shingle is formed with longitudinal grooves -1.--L- extending from the lower end of. the seat -cto the lower end of the shingle. To guard against leakage throu h the joints between the side-edges of the a joining shingles I form the side edges of the shingle with flanges -fi-` land 'y'- extending the entire length of the shingle," and disposed to lap onto similar reverse flanges on the adjacent shingles' as shown in Fig..'3 of the drawings. Said flanges are `beveled reverse on the lapping sides to form a groove -Z- in one of said 'lhe structure ianges for conducting water to the bottom of the roof.. I'prefer to cut away part ofthe downwardly projecting corner of the 'over- WhatI claim as my invention is- 1.'In combination, a plurality of interlocking shingles, each being formed on its back with a hook extending across its upper end for engagement with a purlin and with means to engage 'the shinglev next beneath,

and being termed on its front with an undercut groove parallel to said hook, said groove being i n the same end of the shingle as the hook 'and 'ada' ted to receive and hold tr-e shingle i next a ove. f 

